Rehabilitation Nursing Practice & Evidence

Running head: PERSON CENTERED CARE
PERSON CENTERED CARE
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Introduction: concept of person centered approach in care:
Person centered care may be defined as the procedure by which healthcare professionals
should think and perform tasks which would mainly portray patients as equal partners in
development of plans, performing and also monitoring care with the help of different health as
well as social services (Brooker and Latham 215). This framework of care mainly puts the
patients as well as the family members to be in the central position of making decisions working
along with the professionals. This framework of care mainly puts the patient’s desires, values,
family situations and different social circumstances and lifestyles as the topmost priority. It
believes in shared decision making with the patients and thereby helps people to manage their
health (Entwistle and Watt 2013). The essay should mainly portray how practice development
and person centered care are associated with quality care of patients and how both can be
implemented to ensure safe practices.
Overview of practice development:
Previously the traditional practices expected patients to fit in with the practices, routines,
rules of healthcare already set beforehand in the healthcare centers and in the social service
centers. This is no more followed nowadays where the care is mostly person centered now.
Different types of researchers have explained different aspects of person centered care which
helps in providing a high quality care for the patient that in turn develops the quality of life of the
patients (Brownie and Noncarrow 2013). This framework of care respects people’s values and
thereby helps in putting people in the central position during the times of decision making so that
the feel themselves to be include in their care. Such care also ensures taking into account the
different preferences and expressed needs of the patients maintaining their dignity and

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autonomy. Moreover the professionals make sure that a team based approach is made so that all
the requirements of the patients are handed by coordinating and integrating care thereby working
together. Professionals should make sure that there is proper communication of information with
the patients and educating them to empower them with the best healthcare strategies (Evardsson,
Sandman and Borrell 2014). This care also makes sure that that the patients are made physically
comfortable and safe providing them with emotional support. Many researchers are also of the
opinion that as this framework involves family and friends, it results in decreased stress among
them as well as the patients for which there is increased cooperation which has positive effects
on the service care delivery (Deewar and Nolan 2013).
View put by researchers over practice development over the years:
Researchers are of the opinion, that the term practice development has been associated
with supporting modernization as well as organizational, service and also different quality
improvements. However, above all these, practice development is mainly concerned with
development of person centered approach. Many researchers are of the opinion that the sole aim
of the practice development in this phase of time should be mainly focused on the development
of a facilitative approach which would engage patients as well as different users in various
changes for betterment like innovation through collaborative care, proper team working and
partnership building (Bramley and Maitti 2014). Thereby practiced development can be broadly
defined as the framework of development of skills and education for the healthcare professionals
which would help in the continuous process of gathering knowledge and development of person
centered cultures in the healthcare workplace. Such practice development is mainly enabled by
different facilitators who are able to successfully engage with different patients and also with
teams effectively. These help individual professionals to blend personal qualities as well as

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different creative imaginations with the proper combination of practice wisdom and practice
skills. The learning that occurs through practice development is helpful in bringing about huge
transformation not only in individuals but also in different forms of team practices (Fossey et al.
2014). Both processes and outcomes are embedded in the corporate sustenance with proper
sustenance. Researchers are of the opinion that the person is centered care uses the perfect
practice development principles by incorporating the characteristics if inclusiveness, respect for
each other and also valuing contributions by the establishment of social bonds and connections.
Helpfulness of practice development in person centered care inittives:
Critical social theory is been said by researchers to mainly underpin the entire concept of
practice development. The concept mainly assumes that social structure as well as the collective
culture is mainly helpful in shaping the society and also the community where individuals thrive.
There arise many situations in the healthcare fields where cultures often require patients or
professionals to participate completely in a proper mode of discussion (Kitson et al. 2013). This
in its turn is found to be extremely helpful in developing decisions for the improvement of the
patient care. Over the years, researchers have noticed that practice development methods usually
help in allowing the professionals (participants) to participate successfully in various types for
meaningful conversations not only about practice but also about the environment. These would
help the professionals to understand, challenge and then change the culture to improve patient
care. All these together are seen to provide a greater opportunity to the professionals as they
become active participants in knowledge generation and also in the continuous change process.
This altogether leads to embedded cultural changes (Pulvirenti, Mcmillan and Lawn 2014).
Factors that help to influence practice development: